Talk:Sunlust

The title of MAP12's music track
I don't believe that "Mountain Road" is the original name for this track, I couldn't find anything related to a track called "Mountain Road" from Ys I other than this MIDI arrangement that is used in the WAD already. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz5mWi6rB0A)    --Blursphere (talk) 12:56, 2 August 2023 (CDT)
 * I've looked into this further, the track is exclusive to the Famicom version, so I guess there was never an official translation from Japanese. "Mountain Pass" seems to be the most common name for this track so I've changed the articles to that for now, but it's a bit subjective really. --Eris Falling (talk) 14:55, 2 August 2023 (CDT)

Original track credits
Can an effort be put in to add the original composers of these tracks? e.g. "Journal" by Raphael Gesqua. --Blursphere (talk) 03:22, 6 August 2023 (CDT)
 * In the case of games having a single composer, it is easy to simply look at a Wikipedia page, see who the composer is, and (most correctly) assume that he or she has worked on every track in the game in question. But for example, in the case of Flashback we have three composers. Sometimes, and I know this from experience, it is not even known what composer made which track in games with multiple composers, and even if it was known in this case it would require googling and researching far beyond just checking the associated Wikipedia page. If you want to go through that effort, by all means be my guest, but it feels a bit strange to suggest that people should invest their effort into doing something as Doom-unrelated as that considering there is so much other stuff to work on. --Dynamo128 (talk) 03:31, 6 August 2023 (CDT)
 * For what it's worth though, I agree that having the original composer listed is more important than having the MIDI sequencer listed (though having both is preferable), and this article uncharacteristically favors the latter, but still, my point stands. --Dynamo128 (talk) 03:35, 6 August 2023 (CDT)


 * I added the composer and sequencer credits to the soundtrack listing as well as corrected some erroneous info, such as: track 1 is more widely known under the name "Diary" rather than "Journal"; track 12 is from the Famicom version of Ys I, there was no NES port; track 14 is from Final Fantasy VI, the Anthology for the PS1 consisted of ports of Final Fantasy V & VI; used official title for track 16 from the Akumajo Dracula Best Music Collections BOX by Konami. The only track that lacks any info at this point is D_READ_M. There's also the lack of info concerning the enigmatic Dead Come 4 but I don't think this will ever be resolved - I looked up the available info online and it seems likely that such a game never actually existed or at least wasn't published, and the sequencer of the midis associated with this project (Cobra) is likey the creator of the "game" as well as the composer of the music. I also removed the "MIDI rendition of" part before all tracks, as it's kind of redundant info given that MIDIs are default for any Doom soundtrack; so in my opinion it makes more sense to point out when it's NOT a MIDI rendition rather than the other way around. --Gregor (talk) 10:10, 6 August 2023 (CDT)
 * Thanks for taking the time to do this, however, I will note that I still disagree with removing the "MIDI rendition of" field: look no further than projects such as DUMP 2 for where MIDIs being the default isn't the case. Even some Boom projects (i.e. Object "32") do not use MIDIs in places. However, since it already mentions sequencers, that's fine in this case. Just noting my preference, not trying to revert your edit or anything like that. --Dynamo128 (talk) 10:32, 6 August 2023 (CDT)


 * Well, even in the case of GZDoom I'd say it's the exception rather than the norm to have a project that uses non-MIDI as its default (like DUMP 2). It certainly is extremely rare for non-GZDoom PWADs to do so, whether it's because of a lack of format support in the case of modules, or the higher risk of copyright issues in the case of using actual recordings. So that's what why I think it makes more sense to assume MIDI as the default and point out where there is an exception to the rule rather than clutter soundtrack lists with "MIDI rendition of" at the beginning of ever entry, even though it's technically correct to do so. Ironically, I was actually the one that added the "MIDI rendition of" before every track in the Sunlust article last year for consistency... --Gregor (talk) 13:02, 6 August 2023 (CDT)